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The lurks & perks I guess are reward for the job Gracie does. Almost as many as a Guide Dog, except that a Guide Dog has carte blanch! and rightly so I have to get permission for Gracie to do the things a guide dog can do..... But amazingly the relevant authorities have bent over backwards to get the for...

As much as I dont like labels, the idea has been bandied around for a badge/label I diddled around and have come up with this, a background suggesting the blue sky, green bush, brown land, and blue sea, maybe a talented body out there can work out how to make it multiply and give it a sticky back have ticked...

To us Nomads, ---wanderers, we tend to forget that we live on a continent, and as such we regard the distances to be travelled in time not in miles, kilometre we drive from the north to the south in just a coupla days, so the climatic change is not noticed unles it is really out of the ordinary as is the cas...

An O'irish Story. An Irishman goes to the Doctor with botty problems.... "Dactor, it's me ahrse. I'd loik ya ta teyhk a look, if ya woot." So the doctor gets him to drop his pants and takes a look. "Incredible"he says, "there is a £20 note lodged up here.&q...

Just talking with a mate of mine, ex NSW Highway Patrol who happened to mention a road rule that requires all vehicles over 7.5 mts to display a sign stating the obvious . " Do Not Overtake Turning Vehicles " Unless you are towing a van or even the average box trailer with a push bike a n...

Hi Folks, My sister left Tuesday going south, and rang last night to let me know about the Mt. Perry Council Park. $25. per night, with new tiled en-suite amenities. That's right, each site has it's own shower and toilet. She said everything is kept spotless, and was most impressed. I'm not sure if y...

They Walk among us!! Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decide...

A little boy blows up his balloon and starts flicking it all around the house with his finger. His mother tells him to stop it as he's liable to break something. The boy continues. "Johnny!" mom screams. "Knock it off. You're going to break something." He stops and eventually mo...

Blind leading the blind

Worth a read effects motor vehicle in the same way Ethanol fuel caution for boats This fuel sample shows fuel that has absorbed so much water that phase separation has taken place, with the alcohol, water and impurities settling to the bottom. Using this fuel could cause serious engine damage. NSW M...

Thank god for that, we can now all take a break and the the master catch up on his posts...... Hope you enjoyed yourself Dave, it was not quite the same here without you.....

Hi everyone, well I have been enjoying this site for awhile now and felt it was time to "join up". We are from Queensland and live on a little Island in the Moreton Bay area. Both work full time (for now) We have graduated from tents, to campervan to now having our very first brand new caravan. W...

wow,sure is hot here at Karuah.38.0..SE winds promised for this afternoon.Total fire ban.The great amount of fluid loss will be replenished by my very good mateDr Toohey.My wife is doing her bit for the grape growers by emptying the nice bottles that the grape juice comes in.Anyway lets see where th...

I have been having my twobobs worth, on computers re some questions asked. I was wondering if others might like to join in and ask "her upstairs" to add a new top level entry for computer questions At our age group, we are at that edge stage of computers, some know nothing, little or a lot, so ma...

Was on the net checking out sites I intent to go shortly and was amazed to note the varst differences in site prices at various times I can understand a 100% rip off during the peak loading but almost 300% plus is a little rich . No Names No pack drill at this stage Charges Per Day / 2 persons OFF PEAK SE...

Hi GMs, I was wondering where people who had 5th wheelers and had a home base kept their vehicles. They are so long, I would imagine if you didn't have a very long drive way, it would be difficult to park them. Just a discussion the hubby and I were having on the way home from the coast....as you do. Cheers...

G,DAY FIRSTLY THANK U U WONDERFUL FOLKS OUT THERE BRINGS A LUMP. We had some shaky moments and Wendy wasnt handling things to good she was stuck many years ago in the dandenong ranges fire and now its controling panic. fires were very close to our home but no real problems i lost a great mate...

Our prayers go out to those who lost love ones...their homes, and treasured belongings...in those terrible fires.... As a firefighter.I also pray for the CFA firefighters to be safe. Dave

We spent 4 very enjoyable nights here. Caught up with Bubs. The owners Ken and Liz are great people and nothing is to much of a bother for them. Highly recommend.

Here we are on day 11 of our trip and enjoying every minute of it. We took 9 days to get from Adelaide to Mt Gambier, a trip that would normally take me 5 hours. Met some lovely people ,seen many new sights. The country side is looking very bleak with the drought, rivers and creeks dry, land brown, but it does...